DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When four teenage girls were murdered in an Austin, Texas, yogurt shop in 1991, a heartbroken city was left searching for answers.

A DNA project spearheaded by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office helped police collect and log thousands of criminal DNA profiles into the United States database, solving dozens of unsolved ...

Research institutions around the world house valuable genetic information that could help unlock countless medical mysteries. However, because DNA degrades over time, it is difficult for researchers ...

Lawyers for a New Jersey man charged with the brutal murders of four of his relatives are challenging the use of an increasingly common tool that has transformed DNA analysis in dozens of labs across ...

Every living thing has DNA, the blueprint for life. These genetic blueprints separate us as species and, further, as individuals. The human genome — the complete set of DNA found in all humans — is ...

Clay, N.Y. — A judge ordered the DNA of a man accused of sexually assaulting three young girls to be collected Wednesday and tested against a sample found on one of the victims. An investigator took a ...